Straw-cutter



(10 Model.)

- J. A. BROOKS.

STRAW CUTTER.

No.284, 175. Pajtenteg Sept l,1883.

1 I l I l l v I] M WITNESSES IJVVE 7R I 1 4 I I JOSEPH A. BROOKS, OE

STRAW- PATENT I OFFICE.

DENMARK, TENNESSEE.

CUTTER.

' srnoir cn'rronrol ming part of Letters Patent No. 284,175, dated September 4, 1883.

' Application filed February 19, 1883. (No model.)

To (.tZZ whom/it may concern: 4

Be it known that I, JosEPH A. Bnooxs, a

. citizen of the United States, residing at Denmark, in the county of Madison and State of Tennessee, have invented a new-and useful Straw-Cutter, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings. J

Figure l is a front View of my. improved straw-cuttenand Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both figures.

This invention relates to that class of strawcutters in which the knife or cutter is mounted in and carried by a frame or sash moving ver sents a suitably-constructed trough or box.

.mounted upon legs B B and O O.

tically at the end of a trough or box; andit consists in certain improvements in the construction of the same, which will be hereinaf t er fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim. I i

In the drawings hereto annexed, A repre- The front end of box A has aslot, D, in which slides the knife or cutter E, which is mounted diagonally in a frame or sash, F, moving between suitable vertical guides, Gr, upon the inner sides of the front legs, O. Metal plates H are secured atboth sides of the vslot D to form bearings for the straw while it is being cut by the knife.

I is a spring, secured near the lower end of .one of the front legs, 0, and extending upwardly and outwardly, as shown. To the upper. end of said spring is. pivoted a lever, J, which is also connected by a bolt or pivot, K, with the sash or frame E, which is operated by said lever. The lower ends of the front legs, 0, are connected by a cross bar or brace,

L, projecting at one end, so as to form a rest, A M, upon whieh theoperator may placehis rest for the straw, permitting the knife to pass through without slipping, evenwhen dull. The

springI forms a movable fulcrum for the op-v crating-lever, which renders the operation easy and satisfactory,

In machines of this class it has heretofore been common to connect the lever operating the cutting .frame or sash with the frame of the machine by an intermediate pivoted fulcrum-bar. This I-distinctly disclaim. The

serves todraw the cutting-frame overagainst and hold it in contact with the guides at the rear side of the machine, thus relieving the said frame of the tendency to vibrate and become stuck between the guides, which has heretofore been so annoying in this class of machines.

I claim and I desire tosecure ent of the United States- The combination, in a straw-cutter, of. the ,boxA, mounted upon legs B G, the springI, secured near the lower end of one of the front legs and extending upwardly and outwardly, the vertically-sliding cutter-frame F, and the op crating-lever J, pivoted to said cutter-frame by Letters Patspring I, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixed my signature in presence of two witnesses. JOSEPH A. BROOKS. WVitnesses: l

JNo. A. HADAWAY, p J. H. DAY.

and having its fulcrum at the upper end of fulcrum-spring I, arranged as herein described, I 

